glaucous gull

American  

noun

1. a large white and pale-gray gull, Latus hyperboreus, of Arctic regions.

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glaucous gull British  

noun

1. a gull, Larus hyperboreus, of northern and arctic regions, with a white head and tail and pale grey back and wings

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Etymology

Origin of glaucous gull

First recorded in 1820–30

Example Sentences

When the "tjufjo" sees a kittiwake or a glaucous gull fly off with a shrimp, a fish, or a piece of blubber, it instantly attacks it.

From The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II by Leslie, Alexander, fl. 1879-1882

Yesterday one of the men brought on board a trout weighing 2 lbs.; he saw a glaucous gull and a fox disputing for it; the former seems to have killed and brought it to land.

From In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions by McClintock, Francis Leopold

The glaucous gull is sufficiently strong to be able to defend its eggs and young against the attack of the mountain fox.

From The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II by Leslie, Alexander, fl. 1879-1882

As occasional visitors may be reckoned the wax-wing, golden oriole, cross-bill, hoopoe, white-tailed eagle, honey buzzard, ruff, puffin, great bustard, Iceland gull, glaucous gull, and Bewick's swan.

From Somerset by Wade, G. W.